David
Wilcox has his own unique way of conducting genealogical research and
sometimes how he expresses his findings. In his presentation here, some of
his dates and conclusions differ from my understanding about the early
history of our mutual ancestor David Lindsay & his family. It’s OK. I’m
forever correcting/revising/discovering facts missed/forgotten and/or
otherwise misused!

A miscellany of data exists, some of it attributable to Margaret I. Lindsay’s
The Lindsays in America, (Albany, NY, 1889) and her informants, which has
given rise to certain misconceptions regarding the early generations of this
family. Records for both Augusta/ Yohogania (also spelled Yogohania) VA
and Pennsylvania must be searched. While many records do remain in
Pennsylvania, not searching both has muddled the result. Note, I use the
Yohogania spelling rather than Yogohania; I've seen other spellings as well.

The problem is that David B. Lindsay's son David Lindsay (b. 1754)
is still believed by some to be the David Lindsay who died 1814 near Cynthiana
KY. Recent DNA studies have demonstrated that David B. Lindsay and his sons are
from a different group of Lindsays from the Lindsays usually referred to as "of
Harrison County, Kentucky." In addition, it becomes probable that David, b.
1754 near Fort Pitt, having had a separate existence from our ancestor, is the
David that married Olivia Soantling 22 Nov 1794 in Jefferson Co. KY.

What follows is the documentation demonstrating the proper lineage
for the Lindsays/Lindseys of Harrison Co. KY--or more specifically--of
Cynthiana, in what was to become Harrison Co. KY. Two major sources are used
here: (1.) the Makemson Family Bible (from Ancestry.com’s “Family
Records from Old Bibles…,” pp. 58-59) and (2.) Lindsey Family Bible
Records from an old family Bible, description and provenance below. A
3rd "source" is also used, Emily Lindsey’s "Genealogy of the Lindsey Family"
(1901), description and provenance also below. I have absorbed Emily's work
into this one, while recognizing it, and have added to it. And, of course,
Ancestry.com.

About the sources

(1.)
Makemson Family Bible

The Makemson Family Bible,
hereafter referred to as MFB, is focused on the Makemson family,
specifically having been passed down from the marriage of Thomas Makemson with
Jane Lindsey. The MFB spells Lindsey with an E. It does not give the
name of either wife of David Lindsay. It does not give the true birth order of
Jane's siblings; I have tried to put some order to them. With limited other
information, the MFB provides the broad base for the extended cousinry,
and has a simple back-reference to David, who quite credibly came from (but was
not born) near the Forks of the Ohio. It provides linking information and shows
a context for the Lindsey Family Bible Records.

(2.)
Lindsey Family Bible Records

What we, in my nuclear family, have always called the "Lindsey
Family Bible" should more accurately be called "Lindsey Family Bible
Records" and will be referred to here as LFBR. It comprises several
books of the Apocrypha and the family record pages attached. The rest of the
Bible has not been seen in a lo-ong time.

The language used in the Apocrypha is like the language of what is
called the King James Version of the Bible. This Apocrypha has
marginalia. Which particular Bible or edition has yet to be determined,
but it is Royal Quarto (8 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.), Roman type-face from the early 19th
century. It, therefore, is not from the American Bible Society, as the American
Bible Society did not publish the Apocrypha and did not use Royal Quarto until
later in the century.

The condition can be described as "ripped out of the binding but
still sewn together ." The family record pages are more loosely sewn. The
coloration of the pages, with variable mottling, is comparable to the coloration
of other early 19th century books using the same type of paper, in my "Old Book
Collection."

The story that goes along with the LFBR is that the earliest
records were copied into it from the gravestones in the cemetery, back when they
were still readable. The first eight entries give the appearance of having been
written down in one consistent hand until 1831. The same hand, judging from its
floridity, continued the record. The shape of some of the curlicues on the
letter L changes in 1831, and is invariably reversed shortly after. This can be
explained by the passing of the role of record-keeper between 1831, when David
Duncan Lindsey and Lydia Lamb married, and 1833, when David's mother Agnes
Duncan Lindsey died. It is noteworthy that members of the Lamb family were
added at this time. A Makemson appears in the records and can be shown to be a
relative, therefore affirming the merging of these records. The implication is
that this was the family Bible record of Agnes and James Lindsey, as kept
(probably) by Agnes in Kentucky, which passed into the hands of Lydia (Lamb) and
David D. Lindsey, as kept by Lydia in Illinois.

The LFBR does not appear to have been kept up after 1847 and,
at some point, passed to their youngest son Joseph. The latest two entries are
for Joseph (1854) and his next elder brother William (1851). They are in a
totally different hand, which entered Joseph as Joseph H. Lindsey rather than
his parent-given name Joseph Macy Lindsey-- possibly by Joe's sister Emily when
she was working on the family genealogy.

Provenance: The LFBR was known to be in the hands of Amy
(Lindsey) Porterfield, for quite some time; this was attested to by at least two
of her daughters, Dorothy and Olive. Amy's parents were Ella (Kirkman) and Joe
H. Lindsey, the latter being one of the last two entries, the former being his
wife who died in 1928. At Amy's death in 1963, the LFBR came to her
youngest daughter Olive Porterfield Wilcox, along with other documents (one of
which, with its 1842 date, has been authenticated). At the death of my mother
in 1995, the LFB came into my hands and has become a preserved part of
our heritage. Since then, the entire collection is nominally The Collection of
David L. Wilcox.

Emily may have used Hinchman, Lydia, Early Settlers of Nantucket
(1896) as her source for the Macys (Lydia Lamb Lindsey's ancestors). It
pre-dated her completion date by five years. She lifted the data without
reference to the citations given. The Lambs and Macys are not included in the
current documentation.

The basis for the early Lindseys in her manuscript was the Lindsey
Family Bible Records which provide corrections for some of Emily's or
ensuing errata.

Emily did not cite her sources, but from what I can tell she did
otherwise reasonably good work from various local sources, and getting names,
dates, and places from almost all of her relatives. On the other hand some
errors have crept in, fault undetermined (some typos) but, once corrected from
the LFBR, essentially irrelevant. Nevertheless it is advisable to
double-check her information. Some of which I have already done along with
additional research.

(4.) Some
U.S. Censuses and other family data for parts of this research were acquired
before Ancestry. com was invented. Nevertheless, Ancestry.com must be cited for
many of them, although they can be otherwise found. State Censuses, City
Directories, and Passenger Lists, of course, can be found at Ancestry.com. The
several newspaper articles are individually cited but, again, are at
Ancestry.com. SSDI is also from Ancestry.com, although it can be otherwise
accessed.

First Generation

David
Lindsey “Senior“ / Rebekah Lindsey “Senior”

(perLFBR et al.)

David Lindsey was born in 1739 or early 1740 (judging from his age
at death), possibly in Virginia, possibly not. He married Rebecca --? born in
1740 or early 1741, probably in Virginia. They came individually or together to
the area of the Forks of the Ohio before 1772. Her maiden name may have been
Parks [see reasoning below]. They were married presumably by 1772 when their
eldest child (Eliza) Jane was born. This is a relatively late marriage,
considering their ages; it could indicate a previous marriage for one or
both--or not. There is a gap in their children from c. 1777 to 1782 during
which time David was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. (Penna. Arch.
4:747)

As the war wound down, between 1780 and 1782, when Pennsylvania was
working toward establishing its authority over the Forks, David moved his family
to Kentucky, settling three or so miles northwest of Cynthiana, west of the
South Fork of the Licking River in that portion of Fayette Co. which became
Bourbon Co. in 1786 which became Harrison Co. in 1794. The birth of his fifth
child near Cynthiana puts the family there in 1782. KY Census for 1790 got
lost. David was appointed Harrison County's first coroner (Lindsey Cemetery
sign) in 1794.

Rebecca died there 20 Feb 1792 aged 51 (while the area was still
considered Bourbon Co) and was buried in what is now called the Lindsey
Cemetery. The sign for the cemetery states it was set apart about 1800, but
Rebecca's death suggests an earlier date.

Two other wives had previously been suggested for David: (1) Olivia
“Livy” Soantling, married 22 Nov 1794 in Jefferson Co. KY, and (2) Nancy McNey/
McNay, married 17 Nov 1796 in Harrison Co. KY. David's youngest child was b. 1789. It is obvious that he had perhaps three wives, the
first being the mother of his children, and Olivia and Nancy being 2nd
and 3rd.

Discovering that Nancy Lindsey (d. 1828) (LFBR) is likely to
have been the third (or possibly 2nd) wife of David Lindsey (d. 1814) (LFBR),
puts a new perspective on who Rebekah (d. 1792) (LFBR) was, viz.
David's first wife and mother of his children. Rebekah, as first wife and
mother, d. 1792 in Kentucky and was buried in the family cemetery. Olivia may
also be buried there, but neither the LFBR nor the condition of the
cemetery allows us to assume that, which further suggests that Olivia was the
wife of the other David Lindsey (b. 1754). Although Olivia did not get into
this record, Nancy Lindsey did, as step-mother to David's children. This could
be a partial explanation for why she later maintained her own residence instead
of living with one of the kids. (Step-mothers, y'know.)

David, therefore, married 2nd, Nancy McNey/McNay, 17 Nov. 1796 in
Harrison Co. KY. There was a David Lindsey who paid taxes in Harrison Co. in
1800. There was a David Lindsey in Harrison Co. for the KY Census 1810, whose
data does not match this family, marriages, etc. notwithstanding. David died 18
Mar.1814, aged 74 years, and was buried in the family cemetery. His son John
was administrator of his estate in 1814. Nancy survived him and appears in the
1820 US Census for Harrison Co. KY as the 1 female age 45+, and had 1 male
between 10 and 15 yrs old (no evidence he was a Lindsey) in her household. She
died there 30 Oct 1828, appears in the LFBR, and was buried in the family
cemetery.

Second Generation

(per
MFB & LFBRet al.)

While a small bit of the material here is selected from the lineage
in Margaret I. Lindsay's The Lindsays of America (Albany, NY: Munsell,
1889), necessary liberties have been taken.

2. John Lindsey, b. 1773, is reported to have said that he "was born
in 1773 at Fort Pitt," (in M.I. Lindsay's The Lindsays of America Albany,
NY: Munsell, 1889) Forks of the Ohio, Augusta Co. VA (later Yohogania Co. VA,
then Westmoreland and Washington Counties PA). He mar. Sophia Lanterman, 1811
in Kentucky. In 1814 he was administrator of his father's estate. They moved
to Sangamon Co. IL in 1818, where, the following year son Abraham was born.
Sophia, widow, died after the 1850 US Census. This branch of the family spells
their name with the A, MFB notwithstanding.

3. Isabel (LFBR), b.c.1774 or Isabella (MFB), b.c.
1779, presumably near Forks of the Ohio, Augusta Co. VA (later Yohogania Co. VA,
then Westmoreland and Washington Counties PA). She married William Newell
(b.c.1775) during the first decade of the 1800s. A William Newell is in the
1830 US Census for Vermilion Co IL with 3 sons and 2 daughters. He d. 3 Jan.
1831 (LFBR); she followed on 29 May 1831 (LFBR).

4. James Lindsey, b.c. 1777 (LFBR) presumably near Forks of
the Ohio, Augusta Co. VA or Yohogania Co. VA (later Westmoreland and Washington
Counties PA), depending on his actual date of birth. He may be the James
Lindsey in Harrison Co., KY Tax List Date 1800. He mar. Agnes Duncan, 7 Aug.
1806 (LFBR). The MFB calls her Nancy, which is either a nickname
or a mis-recollection on the part of Jane. Agnes, b. 29 Mar. 1786, was the
daughter of Agnes (--?) and David Duncan (LFBR). James and Agnes may be
the Bourbon Co. family, not far away, in the 1810 US Census for KY; this family
comprised 3M -10, 1M 10-16, 1M 16-26, 1F 16-26, and 2 slaves; the additional
male -10 and the 1 M 10-16 could have been from other parts of the family.
James is in the 1820 US Census for KY with 2M 10-15 (David and Hiram), 1M 26-44
(self), 1F -10 (Emily), and 1 F 45+ (Agnes). See "Third Generation" for their
children. There is a piece of family lore that I incompletely picked
up on, about two brothers who argued about whether the name was spelled with an
E or an A. It may have represented some kind of constant sibling disagreement
on things. Niggling in my mind is that it was about taking sides in the
Revolutionary War. Don't know of any brothers
at that time, just David (c1740-1814) and the war was well over by the time his
kids would have been of age to have that kind of disagreement. It would have
been a senseless argument by then anyhow. Nevertheless the rumor of a
disagreement on the A/E topic remains. The result is that the line from son
James and wife Agnes spells the name with an E, consistently, depending on the
record-maker. The MFB concurs with the E spelling. On the other hand, I
DO have a little difficulty imagining two backwoodsmen arguing about
orthographics.

James died 31 Aug. 1827 aged 50 and was buried in the family
cemetery. Agnes d. 7 or 14 July 1833 (both dates are entered in LFBR ;
Emily agrees with the former date) aged 46. Agnes also was buried in the family
cemetery. There was a cholera epidemic in the area that summer, and others of
the family followed her in death (see below @ "Third Generation").

5. Margaret, called "Pegga," b. 1782, near Cynthiana, Fayette Co.
which became Bourbon Co. in 1786 which became Harrison Co. in 1794. Her birth
in Kentucky proves that the family were here in 1782. She married John (III)
Makemson on 22 Oct. 1805 in Pendleton KY. They moved to Ohio. She d. 1845 in
Logan OH. As with her sister Jane, above, the Makemsons are not pursued here.

6. Mary, called "Molly," was possibly a twin b. in 1782, or was b.
1787, near Cynthiana, Fayette Co. which became Bourbon Co. in 1786 which became
Harrison Co. in 1794. She married John Glass on 11 Sep. 1807 in Harrison Co.
KY. He was b.c. 1772 in VA. In the 1850 US Census for Parke IL he is listed as
a widower with children.

7. David Lindsey, Jr., b. 1782 or '83 near Cynthiana, Fayette Co.
which became Bourbon Co. in 1786 which became Harrison Co. in 1794. Taken with
the birth of Margaret, his birth in Kentucky proves that the family were here in
1782. He mar. Jane/Jean Ferguson. Their three children were born in Harrison
Co.:

a. Nancy Hilyard Lindsey probably b.c. 1813, since David was born about
the year his father died, and John P. two years before that.

b. John Parks Lindsey, b.c. 1815, is in the 1860 US
Census for Danville, Newell Twp., Vermilion Co. IL., age 45, farmer, with wife
Nancy, age 44, and 3 ch; Ralph M, age 21, Sidney I, age 18, Mary M, age 17; all
3 had been b. in IL and been in school in the past year.

c. David Henry Lindsey appears in Vermilion Co. in the
1840 US Census as David H Linsey with his wife and eldest son. He is probably
the David Linsy, age 33 [b.c. 1817], farmer with $1500 real property, in
District 21, Vermilion Co. IL in the 1850 Census. With him are wife Sophrona,
age 29, b. IN, John, age 10, b. IL, W(illia)m, age 3, b. IL, and
Mary, age 2/12 on 29 Nov., b. IL. He was married three or four times over the
years he lived near Higginsville in Pilot Twp., Vermilion Co. IL.

David d. 7 Jan. 1817 aged 34 and was buried in the family cemetery.
His widow married 2nd Ralph Martin in Harrison Co. KY on 8 July 1822 (Kentucky
Marriages). In 1828/29 they removed, with the Lindsey children, to Vermilion
Co. IL, where they added Martin children.

8. Ann Lindsey was b.c. 1784,
near Cynthiana, Fayette Co. which became Bourbon Co. in 1786 which became
Harrison Co. in 1794. She mar. Andrew Makemson, 4 Sep. 1800 in Harrison Co.KY.
There are more Makemson cousins here.

9. William Lindsey was b. 1786, near Cynthiana, Fayette Co. which
became Bourbon Co. later that year and in 1794 Harrison Co. He is known to have
mar. Rebecca McDale, but she may have been his second wife. William is in the
1820 US Census for Fayette Co. KY, which means he must have had to move there
from what had become Harrison Co. He d. 14 Oct. 1842 in Clinton, Decatur Co.
IN; Rebecca died before the 1850 US Census.

10. Rebecca Lindsey was b.c. 1788, near Cynthiana, Bourbon Co. which
became Harrison Co. in 1794. She mar. William Montgomery, who was b.c.1786 in
Pennsylvania. They moved to Owen Co. KY where they are in the 1850 US Census
with their three children.

11. Joseph Lindsey; the MFB lists a Joseph who, although in
the penultimate position in the list, is not certainly the next to last child.
This is not the Joseph who married Ann Kennedy; that Joseph appears to document
to another Lindsay DNA Group.

12. Samuel Lindsey, year and order of birth unknown; MFB puts
him last. He may be the Samuel Lindsey who d. 1814 or after in Kentucky, or the
one who d.c. 1828. He necessarily died after the death of the elder David
Lindsey in 1814. If he is actually the youngest, he could have been born as
late as 1792, when Rebekah died, and would have been 21 or 22 when his father
died.

Third Generation

Children
of James & Agnes (Duncan) Lindsey

(perLFBR et al.)

1. David Duncan Lindsey was b. 18 Sep. 1807 near Cynthiana, Harrison
Co. KY. He removed to Vermilion Co. IL probably 1829. He does not appear in
the 1830 US Census for either Kentucky or Illinois, but may have stayed with
cousins in Vermilion Co. IL for a short period of time, until he married and
settled his own place. He obtained 80 acres near Palestine from the General
Land Office on 13 June 1831. On 1 Dec. 1831, he married Lydia Lamb (Marriage
License Abstracts for Vermilion Co, IL, 1826-1852, Illiana Gen. & Hist Soc,
1983). She was b. 19 Feb. 1815 in Guilford County NC, of a Quaker family. The
Quaker records (Abstractsof the Records of the society of Friends of
Vermilion Grove, Illinois, Illiana Gen. & Hist. Soc., 1970.) show her under
her birth name and her married name, being disowned for marrying contrary to
discipline. Their first four children were born in Vermilion Co. IL. At some
point David may have returned to Kentucky, perhaps at the time of his mother's
death, as the LFB came into his hands.

In 1839 or '40, they removed to Montgomery Twp., Owen Co. IN. Four
children were born there, and the whole family is shown in the 1850 US Census
for Montgomery Twp., Owen Co. IN, David as a farmer with real estate valued at
$2500, and all but the youngest two kids in school. He and Lydia had one more
child in Indiana before moving, in 1852 or '53 to Paris, Edgar Co. IL, where
their youngest was born. The farm was located in Twp. 20, Range 13 (or 12? #
unclear) in the 1855 Illinois Census, in which only the younger kids were
counted.

In the 1860 US Census for Paris, Edgar Co. IL, David, with wife
Lydia, is a Farmer with $6500 in real estate and over $2100 worth of personal
property. The oldest daughter has gone (married); two of his sons work with
him; two daughters are teaching; four of the kids have been in school.

In the 1870 US Census for Paris, Edgar Co. IL, David, with wife
Lydia, is a Farmer with $15,000 in real estate and $2000 in personal property.
Three daughters (Emma, Annie, and Louisa) were remaining at home and the two
youngest boys (Edward and Joseph) were in school.

In the 1880 US Census for Campbell Twp, Greene Co. MO, near
Springfield, David, with wife Lydia, is a Farmer. Two daughters remain at home
(Emma, who has "Asma," and Louisa).

2. Hiram P. Lindsey was b. 18 May 1809 near Cynthiana, Harrison Co.
KY. Hiram's middle initial was P, his cousin was John Parks Lindsey; this
suggests that their grandmother Rebecca, whose last name is otherwise unknown,
may have been a Parks, and Hiram's middle name was also Parks. Jane Lindsey,
b.c. 1813, in the LFBR, was his wife, since her exact birth date is not
given; nor was there more than one daughter of James of this age counted in the
1819 Census.

There is a Hiram Lindsey (spelled with an E), age 20-30, listed in
the 1830 US Census in Washington Co. KY, with 1F 15-20 (Jane would have been 17
or 18) and 2M under 5. The children are not in the LFBR. It is highly unlikely
that this is Hiram P. Lindsey as this one appears to be the Hiram Lindsay
(spelled with an A) who was in Marion Co. KY in 1840. [This is non-relevant
evidence included to show the extent of corroborative and non-corroborative
research performed.]

Besides which, just as Hiram P. Lindsey's mother Agnes had died
during the 1833 cholera epidemic, he d. 20 Aug. 1833 and Jane 29 Aug. 1833 (LFBR).
They were probably buried in the family cemetery.

3. Emily A. Lindsey was b. 28 Mar. 1813 near Cynthiana, Harrison Co.
KY; married Robert L. Thompson there 13 Apr. 1831. They had 8-12 children who
have not been researched very far yet. Indications are that she died between
1854 and 1860. Robert, b. 9 Sep. 1802 in Harrison Co. KY, d. 24 Feb. 1886,
although his death still needs to be corroborated.

Fourth
Generation

Children
of David Duncan & Lydia (Lamb) Lindsey

(perLFBR, Emily, et al.)

1. Mary J. Lindsey, b.25 Nov. 1832, Vermilion Co. IL. She is
accounted for in the 1850 US Census in her father's household. She married 12
Feb. 1857, John S. Freeland, b. 7 Aug. 1826 in Indiana. License 11 Feb. 1857
Book SA p. 168 # 3055. Mar. performed by S. Newell M.G. (Minister of the
Gospel); recorded 12 Feb. 1857, Book B p. 16. (Edgar County, Illinois
Marriages, 1860-1877, [Edgar County Gen. Soc., 1989] vol. ii, p. 56.) They
removed to Topeka, Shawnee Co. in Kansas Terr., to farm (1860 US Census for KS
Terr.) and had 10 children (see Fifth Generation), all b. there 1857-1872. In
the 1870 US Census, they appear in the same place with a P.O. at Waveland. The
1880 US Census for Shawnee Co. has them in District 17. They were still there
in 1900, but by 1910 had retired to Kingfisher Ward 1, Kingfisher Co. OK,
according to the US Census for that year. Both were still alive in Kingfisher,
he 93 yrs. old and she 85, in the 1920 US Census.

2. Nancy "Nan" A. Lindsey, b. 20 Nov. 1834, Vermilion Co. IL. She
is accounted for in the 1850 and 1860 US Censuses of her father's household. In
the latter she is described as a "Teacher Com. School." She married 6 Feb.
1862, William Milton "Milt" Turner, b. 2 Jan. 1824 (in Virginia). (Edgar
County, Illinois Marriages, 1860-1877, [Edgar County Gen. Soc., 1989] vol. ii,
p.108. B/43.) Nancy and her husband remained in Paris until 1870, but were in
Jackson Creek (P.O. at Arcola), Moultrie Co. IL, by mid-July for the 1870 US
Census. They joined other members of the Lindsey family in Labette Co. KS in
1872/73. They had 6 children (see Fifth Generation) : four of whom were b. in
Paris IL 1863-70; one in Moultrie IL in 1872; one in Labette KS in 1873. They
appear in the 1880 US Census for Liberty, Labette Co. KS. She d. 23 Dec. 1893,
Labette KS. Her husband survived her and moved in with their daughter Jessie
and her husband Fred Payne in Parsons Ward 1, Labette Co. KS, by the time of the
1900 US Census. Presumed deceased before 1910.

3. John Cyrus Lindsey, b. 19 Dec. 1836, Vermilion Co. IL. He is
accounted for in the 1850 and 1860 US Censuses for her father's household,
working with his father on the farm. He d. Oct. 1865 in Missouri. Emily has no
indication that he was married, had children, or how he died.

4. Emily, b. 29 Jan. 1838, Vermilion Co. IL. She is accounted for
in the 1850 and 1860 US Censuses for her father's household. In the latter she
is described as a "Teacher Com. School." She appears in the US Censuses 1870
and 1880, latterly known as Emma, with her parents, in Springfield MO. The 1880
Census says she has "Asma." After the death of her father in 1891 and her
mother in 1893, Emily appears in the 1900 US Census for Springfield MO, age 62,
single, with her Own Income. The classic spinster aunt, she spent a LOT of time
and stamps putting together the "Genealogy of the Lindsey Family" manuscript.
In February 1901 she finished it off. Search for her death before 1910 was
fruitless. With her own income, Emily appears to have kicked over the traces.
She shows up as Emily Lindsey, age 72, single, father b. KY, mother b. NC,
occupation Care of Club Room, in the 1910 Census for Riverside City, Riverside
CA. Her sister Anna and husband Andrew Monfort are not far away. Still haven't
found her date of death or a grave.

5. David Duncan Lindsey Jr., b. 30 Oct. 1840, Montgomery Twp., Owen
Co. IN. He appears in the 1850 and 1860 US Censuses with his father, and in the
latter, farming with his father. In the 1870 US Census, he has his own farm
"next door" to his sister Caroline and her husband, Samuel B. Mortimer, at
Osage, Labette Co. KS. He mar., 23 Mar. 1876, Susan V. Miller-Foster, so-called
because her maiden name was Miller and her first husband was named Foster. She
brought her first husband's children to the marriage: John C. Foster, b. 1874,
Kansas; Ella Foster, b. 1878, Kansas. They had 3 more children. They remained
in Osage for the 1880, 1900 and 1910 US Censuses. David D. Lindsey,
b. 1840, d. 1915, and Susan V. Lindsey, b. 1853, d. 1929, are buried in Harmony
Grove Cemetery at Dennis, Labette County, Kansas. [Findagrave]

6. Lydia Anne "Anna" Lindsey, b. 18 Nov. 1842, Montgomery Twp., Owen
Co. IN. She appears in her father's household in the 1850-1870 US Censuses.
She mar. 26 Feb. 1874, Springfield MO, to Andrew R. Monfort (b. 30 Dec 1840,
Franklin IN). They had 4 children: 2 born in Oswego Co. KS. In the 1880 US
Census, they appear in Boone, Boone Co. IA, where their third child was born.
Andrew was a grocer, and his niece, the 17 yr. old Bessie A., is with them and
in school; but she did not go west with them.

By 1883, they were in Tacoma WA, where their fourth child was born.
They appear in the 1885 Tacoma, Pierce Co. WA Census, under A. R. Monfort.
Before the 1895 KS State Census they had returned eastward and were at Fort
Scott Ward 5, Bourbon Co. KS under the name of A. R. Monfort. In the 1900 US
Census for Fort Scott Ward 5, Bourbon Co. KS, they are still there, under the
name of Montfort. The Fort Scott 1900-1 City Directory lists all of the
family who were of age at 1117 Scott St.: Andrew R (Mrs. Anna L.), Miss
Florence, Miss Lou (teacher Bell School), and Ray (opr K C, Ft S & M (Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad). In the 1910 and 1920 US Censuses, they
are found in, respectively, Wards 2 and 1, in Riverside City, Riverside Co. CA,
with their two daughters. Anna's sister Emily is not far away. Andrew was
deceased by 1930, when Anna, widow aged 87, is in her son Ray's household in
Perris Twp., Riverside Co. CA..

7. Caroline M. Lindsey, b. 27 Mar.
1845, Montgomery Twp., Owen Co. IN. She appears in her father's household in
the 1850 and 1860 US Censuses. She mar. 6 Apr. 1868, Paris IL, to Samuel B.
Mortimer (from Connecticut). They moved to Osage, Labette Co. KS and appear
there in the 1870 US Census. The first of three daughters was born here. By
mid-1876, they had moved to Ottumwa, Wapello Co. IA, where their second daughter
was born. There they appear in the 1880 US Census and had their third daughter,
then continuing to Montana by 1899 (which is Emily's last reference to them in
her 1901 "Genealogy..."). In 1900 they have reappeared in the east at
Springfield Ward 2, Greene Co. MO. They had 3 daughters. One of the daughters
accompanied them and appears with them in the US Censuses for 1910 and 1920, in
Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. CA. They are not found in 1930.

9. William Edward Lindsey, b. 23 Nov. 1851, Montgomery Twp., Owen
Co. IN. He appears in the US Censuses for 1860 and 1870 in his father's
household under the name of Edward. He married 1875, Newport IN, to (Mary)
Belle M. Nixon, b. about 19 Feb.1857, Newport IN. William was a drug sales
traveler. They were residing in Sidney, Champaign Co. IL, when their son was
born in 1881. They are in the US Census 1900 for Danville, Vermilion IL. Same
in 1910, without son. In 1920 Census for Danville Ward 2. One son.

10. Joseph Macy Lindsey, b. 11 Oct. 1854, Paris, Edgar Co. IL.
("Grandmother [Ella Kirkman Lindsey]...told me that Grandfather was named Joseph
Macy Lindsey, but did not like the Macy...so he took a name which began with an
H. --for friends of his....[D.P.P. in a note in Emily's "Genealogy..." (1901) p.
21.]) At some time before he married he began using the name Joe H. Lindsey,
for all purposes dropping the "pretentious" Macy, as he considered it, and
adopting the initial of a friend, perhaps one of the Hulses in Paris. Joseph
appears in his father's household in the 1860 and 1870 US Censuses. His parents
were able to afford sending him to Drury College in Springfield MO, where he
taught mathematics for a while. This time period is estimated as 1872-1877.

Joe H. Lindsey mar. 22 May 1877, Paris, Edgar Co. IL to Ella
Dinsmore Kirkman, b. 26 Oct. 1856, Indianapolis, Marion Co. IN. They moved to
Labette Co. KS where they appear in the US Census as: Joe (25 yrs.) and Ella
(23 yrs.) "Lindsy." He is a farmer. Daughter Amy was born the following
year. They moved around some--

--daughter Marion Elizabeth was born in Wichita-- before settling,
more or less, in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co. AR. Joe was in the real estate
business and what we now call "flipping" houses. ... * ...He d. 14 Jan. 1914 in
Fort Smith. Two daughters.

5a. Raymond Duncan Lindsey, b. 17 Sep. 1877, Cherryvale, Mortimer
(acc. to Emily, but could be Twp. name), Labette Co. KS. Cherryvale is in
Montgomery Co. KS, but close enough to the County line with Labette Co. that he
could have gotten mail at Cherryvale but actually lived in Labette. (See his
1916 address, below.)

Ray married c. 1905, Osage, Labette KS to Ermina May --? , b.c.
1880 in Kansas. (There is a suggestion that she may be Ermina May Barker, b.
Sep. 1880, of Quindaro, Wyandotte Co. KS. The suggestion comes from a few hints
that she preferred the name May, and names her second daughter Virginia, which
is where her father was born.) In 1910, they were living at 1637 Massachusetts
St., Lawrence, Douglas Co. KS, where, at the age of 32, Ray had been in school
in the previous year and was teaching (it looks like) Zoology, perhaps at the
University of Kansas. (See his sisters' careers.) Ray is in the 1915 KS State
Census in Saratoga, Pratt Co. KS, with wife E.M., 34, and daughters Zella M., 7,
and Vergina M., 4.

By the time he registered for the draft on 12 Sep. 1916, he was
farming at RFD #3 Cherryvale, Labette Co. KS. In 1920 they appear in Osage
Twp., Labette Co. KS, where he was farming. The 1925 KS State Census lists the
four of them, same place; only Ray is farming, the ladies not working. Ray's
wife is called May E. in the 1930 US Census for the same place; he is farming,
she teaching school. Ray d. 1955.

5b. Lydia Almira Lindsey, b. 2 Sep. 1880, Mortimer (acc. to Emily;
see place name discussion at Ray, above; also see below c. 1925) KS. She
appears in the 1885 and 1895 KS State Censuses of her father's household in
Osage, Labette Co. KS; same place in the 1900 US Census.

Across the country, the strongest appeal for a young person to go
abroad came from recruiters for the missionary societies. Thus Katherine Hansen,
KU Class of 1905, daughter of a Danish immigrant who settled and became
prosperous on the open spaces of northwest Kansas, went to Japan—and spent a
lifetime there as a musical educator. The university was only marginally
involved in the choice that Kate (and her lifelong friend Lydia Lindsay) made to
go abroad. Both young women were attracted into mission work by the activities
on the Lawrence campus of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions.
This organization, with campus chapters and societies throughout the country,
called upon young people to “win the world for Christianity.” Local Protestant
churches and campus officers of the Young Men’s (YMCA) and Young Women’s (YWCA)
Christian Associations supported its efforts. Kate Hansen kept a diary that
allows the reader to trace her gradual commitment to the life of a missionary
teacher abroad—-there is no mention in these pages of any involvement of the
university (or any of her teachers). Nor, for that matter, is there any mention
of money: missionaries where expected to find support where they could, starting
with their home church and its denomination. [spencer.lib.ku.edu/heller/chpt2.shtml]

Lydia does not appear in the 1910 Census, but with her degree from
the U. of Kansas at Douglas, left the U.S. as a missionary English teacher on 15
Aug. 1907 and was residing in Sendai, Japan, when she was issued a passport by
the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on 15 May 1912 for the purpose of traveling through
Siberia and Russia in July and August of that year. Lydia Thirza [sp? or poss.
her Japanese name?] Lindsey, same birth and hometown data, returned from
Liverpool, England on the "Baltic," arriving in New York on 24 Aug. 1912. In
the following year, she took her graduate degree and, in 1914, returned to
Japan. She and her sister Lola, along with Kate Ingeborg Hansen, from Logan,
Kansas, another missionary teacher, appear on a July 1919 Yokohama to San
Francisco Passenger list for the "Korea Maru." In Jan. 1920 US Census, she was
in lodgings with Kate Ingeborg Hansen, in Manhattan Assembly Dist. 13, New York
NY. She also appears in the 1920 US Census for Cherryvale, Montgomery Co. KS,
in her widowed mother's household at 409 E. 3rd St. She is described as a
missionary teacher, home on furlough, from Japan.

On her new passport application dated Oct. 1920 at Philadelphia PA,
she states that she had resided at Sendai, Japan, from Sept. 1907 to July 1912
and from March 1914 to July 1919. Her last passport had been taken up at San
Francisco, and she now plans to leave again for Japan from San Francisco, Dec.
11 on the "S.S. Venezuela." On 26 July 1925, she arrived back from Yokohama in
Seattle WA aboard the "Empress of Canada." On this list, while giving her home
address as 409 East Third, Cherryvale, Kan., she gives her birthplace as
Mortimer, Kansas. Her "tours of duty" as a missionary were apparently for five
years at a time. She arrived back in New York 7 Aug. 1933 aboard the "American
Merchant" out of London, England 29 July. On this list she gave her home as 411
North Neosho St., Cherryvale and her birthplace as Cherryvale KS.

She departed tourist class 27 July 1934 on the "SS President Taft"
from Los Angeles, disembarking at Honolulu. She was among the Cabin Class
passengers on the "SS Matsonia" from San Francisco on 25 July 1940 bound for
Honolulu. On this list she gave her last arrival in the U.S. as 20 July '39 and
her most recent stateside address as Fairplay CO. In the year between, she was
on the lecture circuit.

"Miss Lydia A. Lindsey, a missionary of the Evangelical and Reformed
denominations in Sendai, Japan, who is home on furlough, spoke at the Sunday
morning services at the St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed church in Kiel. Miss
Lindsey, who heads the English department of the Miyagi college in Sendai, told
about her work as a teacher in the Christian school founded by missionaries of
the Reformed church in 1886 in the city of Sendai. At that time it was the only
school for girls of high school grade north of Tokyo. When Miss Lindsey arrived
at the school in 1907 it was still only a high school but already its graduates
were beginning to plead for further study By 1916 the school had developed into
a college with four separate departments: home economics, Bible training,
English teachers' training and a music conservatory. At present the students in
the high school number more than 300 and those in the college about
150...Graduates from the conservatory and from the English department serve as
teachers in government and Christian high schools all over the empire. Many of
the English course graduates secure positions in business offices and in the
International Telephone company where the ability to speak and understand
English is essential...Miss Lindsey is scheduled to speak at St. John's Reformed
church in New Holstein and in the various Reformed churches in Sheboygan and
other cities this week." [Sheboygan (WI) Press, Jan. 30, 1940, p. 2.]
"On Friday, Feb. 2, Miss Lydia Lindsey of Miyagi college, Sendai, Japan, spoke
to the students in the Junior and Senior High school assembly. Immediately
following this program, Miss Lindsey addressed the pupils in grades four, five
and six" giving "a very interesting talk on the habits and customs of the
Japanese people." ["Kohler School...," Sheboygan (WI) Press, Feb. 9,
1940, no p.]

Her next arrival was on the "SS Taiyo Maru" from Japan to Honolulu,
Hawaii on 1 Nov. 1941, on which she gave her U.S. address as P.O. Box 133,
Fairplay CO. She was scheduled to go aboard the "SS Lurline" at Honolulu on 21
Nov. 1941, but she cancelled. There are obviously some records that have not
come to light.

Her 1951 return home, age 71, was done in two stages. She sailed
from Yokohama on 7 Aug. on board the "Kyska" arriving in Honolulu on 16 Aug.
Her ultimate destination was Logan, Kansas. After spending almost two weeks in
Hawaii, she departed 28 Aug. on board the "SS Alawai", arriving at New York 17
Sept. Her destination was more specific: c/o K. I. Hansen, Logan KS, the home
of her missionary friend. She probably signed up for Social Security in
Philadelphia on her way back to Kansas.

In 1952, Lydia was a weekend guest of Rev. and Mrs. Koehler and
spoke at the regional meeting of the Women's Guild of the Evangelical and
Reformed Church held at the Grace Church in Kohler WI:

"While in
Japan, Miss Lindsey was head of the English department

at Miyagi College at Sendai. She was given a citation by the
Japanese

government for her work and also received recognition from
General Douglas

MacArthur." ["Missionary To Be Honored For Work In Japan,"
Sheboygan (Wis.)

Press, May 8, 1952, p.17.]

Among the five University of Kansas alumni to receive the university's and alumni association's 1955 awards

for distinguished service, presented at the June 6 commencement, were: "Dr. Kate Hansen, classes of 1905

and 1913, Logan, Kas., retired educator and missionary to Japan," and "Lydia Lindsey, class of 1905 with a

graduate degree in 1913. Now living in Arkansas City, she served with Dr. Hansen in a pioneering educational

5c. Lola E. Lindsey, b. 2 Dec. 1885, Mortimer (acc. to Emily; see
place name discussions at Ray and Lydia, above), near Dennis, KS. She appears
in the 1895 KS State Census of her father's household in Osage, Labette Co. KS;
same place in the 1900 and 1910 US Censuses. Passport application 1 June 1916
for four years of teaching in the mission school in Japan and travel in India;
she lives at 310 West 10th St., and is a bookkeeper in Coffeyville KS; her
intent was to leave San Francisco on the Tenyo Maru on 26 Aug. 1916; approved 9
June 1916. Lola returned in time for the 1920 US Census for Cherryvale,
Montgomery Co. KS, in her widowed mother's household at 409 E. 3rd St. She is
described as a High School teacher. In the 1930 US Census for 411 No. Neosho
St., Cherryvale, she was lodging with Anna Birch, a 38 year old bookkeeper for
the Fruit Co.; Lola was a teacher in the public schools. By 1939 at the latest,
she was living in Fairplay, Park Co. CO and, it is suggested, working as a
contract school teacher. Sister Lydia used this as her U.S. address in 1940.

6a. Florence Monfort, b. 2 May 1876, Oswego KS. Remained in her
father's household in all Censuses 1880-1920. In the 1885 Washington Census,
she is misspelled as Laurence despite being Female. In 1910 she is misspelled
as Flowerence. She was apparently deceased before 1930.

6b. Louise "Lou" Monfort, b. 12 Jan. 1878, Oswego KS. Remained
in her father's household 1880-1920 US Censuses. In the 1895 KS State Census
she is called Lulu. A Louise Monfort, of the right age and birthplaces, was
lodging at 357 Chestnut St. with Andrew and Catherine Smith, in the 1930 US
Census for Reno, Nevada,. They are in their 60s; no occupations are shown.

6c. Ray David Monfort, b. 15 Sep. 1879, Boone IA. He appears in
the 1880 US Census as David R., 8/12, in his father's household. In the 1885
Washington Census he is called Ray. He is called David R. in his father's 1895
KS State Census. He is in the 1900 US Census with his father, and moved to
Riverside CA (1910 US Census with his parents). He registered for the draft on
Sept. 12, 1918 while living in Moapa, Clark Co., NV, where he was working as a
R.R. Operator for the L.A.&I.L.R.R.Co.; he gave his mother, Anna L. Monfort, in
Riverside CA as his next of kin. In the 1920 US Census for Moapa, he is living
alone and working for Western Union as a Telegraph Operator. By 1930, Ray had
returned to Riverside Co. CA where he was a poultry farmer in Perris Twp.; his
mother was with him by that time. Unmarried; no children.

6d. Arthur Lindsey Monfort, b. 6 Sep. 1883, Tacoma WA. In the
1885 Washington Census for his father, he is indicated as an "(infant)" M. He
continues to appear in his father's household through 1910 in Riverside CA. In
1914 or '15 he married Tennie --?, b. 1880-1 in CA. When he registered for the
draft (form undated), he was a shipbuilder for the S. W. Ship Co., and living at
741 Mesa St., San Pedro, with Tennie. He is described as having an Odd Fellows
Emblem tattooed on his right arm, and a Red Men Emblem on his left. In 1930,
they were living in District 36 in Ward 2 of Riverside City, CA, he a cement
laborer, she a hotel laundress. No children.